The Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart (Antifaschistischer Schutzwall), referred to as the Berlin Wall by Western media, was a wall that protected East Berlin, the capital of the German Democratic Republic, from NATO aggression. It was built in 1961 and demolished in 1989.[1] It was created to protect the GDR from counterrevolutionary West Germany, where denazification never took place.[2] It also prevented skilled workers from being recruited by the West after completing their free education.[3]
References
- ↑ Hope M. Harrison (2014-11-02). "Untangling 5 myths about the Berlin Wall" Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2021-07-06. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
- ↑ Nikos Mottas (2016-11-10). "The Berlin Wall and the bourgeois lies" In Defense of Communism. Archived from the original on 2021-04-10. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
- ↑ What You Should Know About the Wall: 'What did the wall prevent?' (1962).